Eleanor Johnson, Research Midwife, will join the MacHSR Future Leaders Fellowship program, for her work on research project 'partnering with consumers to co-design comprehensive abortion care in Melbourne's north'. Story: bit.ly/3Iex1Dm #wearenorthern #safekindtogether

Though Covid numbers are up & masks & working from home have been reintroduced, healthcare workers are no longer prioritised for boosters. Young people aged 20-34 make up most of Aus’ health workforce, but there’s still no sign of a 4th vax for many of us - my letter The Age 👇🏻

~50% of people who die by suicide are seen in an Emergency Department within 12 months of death but the pressures on & environment of an ED make therapeutic mental healthcare very challenging, now more so than ever - this report is especially timely and unsurprising.

The good bin, glory days thetimes.co.uk/article/d2f112…

Multiple admissions for attempted suicide overnight, again. "Jumped because can't afford to eat". Again.

On this overdose awareness day, it’s timely that the coroner just released data showing that fatal opioid overdoses in Yarra have reduced 60% since 2018 when the MSIR opened. North Richmond Community Health #IOAD2022

Hey Twitter, I’m running the Melbourne half marathon next weekend for Safe Steps, an invaluable local organisation supporting people experiencing family violence - any sponsorship goes a long way & is greatly appreciated ❤️ melbmara2022.grassrootz.com/safe-steps-fam…

The weekend nights team showing up to Monday morning ED handover

Such an interesting article! On the pathway to greener healthcare: from the Hunter Valley to Darwin and beyond croakey.org/on-the-pathway… Thanks Sarah Simons for previewing #GreenHealthForum22 and thanks to all the interviewees who contributed. HT Climate and Health Alliance

This week in 1951, Henrietta Lacks died from cervical cancer. She is often remembered as the source of the "immortal" HeLa cell line, or as a symbol of grave racial injustice. Who was Henrietta Lacks?

I’m so sorry to hear of this experience, and similar stories from many other people. ACEM has been developing policy and advocacy towards integrated, accessible and easy-to navigate mental health care. acem.org.au/Content-Source…

To teammates who, despite its challenges, make EM the best job in the world 👏🏻👏🏻

“This points to the notion of ‘lifestyle drift,’ a term coined to describe the tendency for policy to start off recognising the need for action on upstream political and social determinants of health inequities only to drift downstream to focus largely on individual behaviours”

🌱 Diana Ryall AM 🌏🌈🇳🇿🇷🇼💧 21 public hospitals in Australia are run by Catholic Health and will not offer reproductive health care. This is completely unacceptable. All public hospitals should provide all legal health services.

Starting the day right at Northern Health learning about the expansion of abortion services and the midwife lead work to codesign care that meets the needs of the multicultural and diverse communities of Melbourne’s north. #IWD2023 #AbortionIsHealthcare

Reproductive health equity - specifically making abortion & miscarriage care safe, easy and accessible - is an overdue and hugely important topic of conversation this #IWD2023. Amazing work Ellie Johnson #AbortionIsHealthcare

👇🏻 this is an essential read for anyone interested in cultural safety in health care systems #patientsafety #culturalsafety #FOAMed

With more than 50 per cent of female surgeons reporting harassment or sexist abuse, is this a #MeToo moment for the health service? thetimes.co.uk/article/sexism…

Yesterday the ACT became the first Aust jurisdiction to offer universal access to free abortions. This new article shows unintended pregnancy is "disproportionally experienced by women with structural disadvantages and exposure to sexual coercion." bit.ly/40wbltU